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United States Patent | 5,018,288 |
Yang | May 28, 1991 |
A sound activated toy includes a casing having a lower receiving space and an upper receiving space, a sound activated control circuit disposed inside the lower receiving space, a motor similarly disposed inside the lower receiving space and actuated by the control circuit, and a spout enclosure provided in and communicated with the upper receiving space. The spout enclosure is disposed adjacent to the lower receiving space and has a top wall with at least one spout hole. A propeller assembly is confined inside the spout enclosure. A toy figure mechanism is disposed above the spout enclosure inside the upper receiving space. Both the propeller assembly and the toy figure mechanism are moved by the motor. When a predetermined amount of water is received in the upper receiving space and the control circuit starts to actuate the motor, movement of the propeller assembly forces water from the upper receiving space into the spout enclosure so as to generate a water spout at each spout hole.
Inventors: | Yang; Tsai-Ten (No. 23, Sec. 1, Chung-Hwa W. Rd., Tainan City, TW) |
Appl. No.: | 574302 |
Filed: | August 28, 1990 |
Current U.S. Class: | 40/406; 40/411; 40/414; 446/357 |
Intern'l Class: | G09F 019/02 |
Field of Search: | 40/406,409,410,414,411 239/17,20,23 446/156,159,267,358,265,357 272/27 N |
1113716 | Oct., 1914 | Tesla | 239/23. |
1549204 | Aug., 1925 | Merigold | 239/20. |
2840949 | Jul., 1958 | Faulkner | 446/265. |
4757986 | Jul., 1988 | Hwang et al. | 446/136. |
4923429 | May., 1990 | Lewis | 40/406. |